From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Zielinski Subject: Re: 2.6.7 still garbage upon start Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:40:42 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <40D2F0DA.8050706@undead.cc> References: <40D21E31.5070904@winischhofer.net> <200406180945.06335.adaplas@hotpop.com> <40D29FCD.7020602@winischhofer.net> <40D2E96A.9000605@undead.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbJbt-0005H6-Mh for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:40:49 -0700 Received: from mail.undead.cc ([216.126.84.18]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbJbt-0003bm-AI for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:40:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Thomas Winischhofer , Antonino Daplas , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >Hence vgacon should be replaced by dummycon when it's deinitialized. > > > I like that. That way we're not depending on the old console driver to do the right thing when in KD_GRAPHICS. Vgacon currently does but other console drivers might not. I'll try that out tonight and see how it goes and then post the patch. >(According to what I learned from the EFI talk at OLS last year) It's worse: >you have to talk to the EFI bytecode to draw text on UGA, no direct access to >the frame buffer ;-( > > Doh. Let me guess, the interface was designed by a committee..... John ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND